Spray basket



Jan. 19, 1926. 1,510,411

J. W. WALSH sum msm' Filed May 1. 1925 Joint w. WALSH; or

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' ,A ppjlic ationfiled-May 1 1 925. j s i airro;27,178.-

To all whom it may Be it known thatz-I; a citizen of the United "States;residingin.

the city and.county"ot-Philadelphia and 5 State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Spray,Basket of whifcli -theffols lowing is a specification;

Y -My inventionflrelatesto a florists spray basket, composed of ,ask'eleton wire frame forthe receptionfofja jlayer'of moss into which} flowers. or cterns; may be set so as to completely hidexa'nd conceal from view the skeleton basket and having a; hani dle also of. askeleton'cwire an-d"surrounded-E by strands ofreedor other 'suit'able -basket material interwoven 5 about said; wireskeleton handle soflras to-simulategenuine-i woven basket handle.

tion, I have-shown in 'theliaccompanying drawings formsthereof which areiat' present? preferred by me,jsince they will give in'prac-"* 't-ice rsatisfactory andiireliablej results, al-i: though it i'sQto-ebe understood that the various instrumentalitiesof-fwhich my in-' vention consists. can be; variously; arranged and organized and. that my invention is not I limited, to theprecise arrangementiand or:

111 shown and descrlbed. 1' r Referring. to the draw ngs, in. "which like reference characters ndicate like parts:

Figure .1, represents perspectivesview oi I ainovel florists skeleton spraylbasket embodying mycinventionr f vationof a portion of thebasket whereit-he.

frame of the basket, 'L

I skeleton wire of thei handleis joined toll-the? I 1 wlth moss'"andfvarlous fl'owers orrferns" are 49 Figure?) rcpresentsa sectionon line*3 3 of Figure 2 with the cane-st1' ands?1'emoved I from the handle. p1

Figure 4 represents a View similar to atllat' shown in Figure 3;showingthe manner in the skeleton handle c For the purpose ofcillustrating myinvens I .7 by erimping oruby spot welding. .r

i "The" handl pis composedf. the skeleton aniza-tion of these instrumentalities Qas-here Figure 1 p f entsaa view' of a side "el-f basket formed of the lower and upper par allel frame wires2 and 3, respectively" eX-f tending completely around the outlineof the basket and made in any suitable shape, depending upon th desired shape ofthe c-finished-spray basket, and joined by a num it members out the peripheryf of the basket spaced Tat suitableldistances'. V'A number'of longitudinal-Land transverse Wires 'Sf are extended) Vacrossqfrom' s dezto s de" an'dlwfrom end to end: otrthe lower, 'frame member 2,1-fiand tion of my invention, there is *showlrza plan .outline bfia basket composedqof the circular? central portion 6 and'the: oblong and 'rec- L 65 V tangular; end portion: 7.i .;'rh Central i portion G'maybe. further-provided with a 'num' ber of radialbottoni members 8} extending across 'thej corresponding curved portions of the bottom frame members 2. Thevertical "side. membersA: aswellias thebottom lrn'em-i here 5 :and 18' may be securedilto the frame. -members 2; and 3 in any-suitable manner such as by looping them.around'the;.wires 175 wire 9Q -eXtendingfrom the center of..-the

bottom; frame member :2 oncone side in :a

curved; path-, to the center :off thebottomframe member 12on the opposite.side.,a1id is secured in aiman'ner' shown in Q-Figures 3 vand 4:. A brace wire lO,eextending =r from the upper frameimemberlii at each sideof the handlewire '9; Yes shown in -Figure 2,5'and1 looped around thehandle wire 9,gadds :further f supporteto the skeleton ifra'm'e lot; the basket. Thereed strands 11 iare f'woven abouttthe. handle wire .9. and the brace wire/ in such a manner as. to substantially conceal; and atthe same time provide ahandle TOf: substantial thi'cknessi and bodyhas shown gparticularlyf in Figures-1- and. a 1

The skeleton basket thus produced is filled into "the same without any visible basket or I frame surrounding or supporting the same. whichthe cane strands are--interwoven withci c'l 'heacompos'ite wire and reed handle 11,' may i f fiber used t'olrcarry the completed spray basket without; :any visible wire asupports.

" thensetinto the mosstherebyiproducing the I efifect of a "layer of moss or other green vegee tation with-the various flowers or'ferns set ltwill-now be apparent that I have de-' vised a-nove'l and. useful spray basket which embodies the features: of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement'of the invention. and the :above description, {and while I have in the present instance; shown and described i a preferred embodiment." thereof 29 the same and to produce'a handle of subwhich will givein practice satisfactory-and reliable results, it is to be understood that such embodiment is susceptible ofmodificationin various.particulars without departing "from the spirit or scope of the invention or "eatendingxfroin one side of the frame to the said skeleton frame, upright side frame other andsecuredthereto, said handle being composed of a plurality of members, whose reed interwoven aboutsaid "skeleton wire handle-members and continued to the bottom of said frame so as to substantlally conceal stantial thickness. 7

2.: In a device ofthe character stated, a skeleton wire frame composed of lower and upper parallel frame members extending completelyaround the outer periphery of Wires connecting the twouparallel frame wire -members, bottom wires extending across and "secured to the lower" of theparallel frame members, alliandle extending" fromone side of said skeleton frame to the"other side p'ortio'nscof said lowerand u'pper'fram'es and strands of reed interwoven around said han dle and continued to the bottom,- so as to substantially conceal thesaine and produce a handle of substantial thickness.

3. In a-device oftthe chara'cter stated, a

large'dportion and rectangular extensions at diametrically opposed sides, parallel upper *and lower frame ITIBIIIbGFS'GXtOIKlHLQHJOHIlCl andforming the outer periphery of'said basket, upright frame I members 1iiter-co11-= 'necting the twoparallel frame members, a longitudinal bottom frame memberextencb ing from end to end-and s'ecured'to the lower 1 of the parallel frame members, transversebottom frame'men'ibers extending-across and secured to the lowebparallel flEUDGMlGIHbGI', and a'plural'ity of radial bottom frame-members extending aci'oss'thccentral enlarged portion of, the basket and secured tethe lower parallel frame memberr'at diametrically opposed points, and also'secured to around and forming the outer periphery of said basket,="upright frame members inter connecting tlie 'rtwo parallel frame "members,

secured to the-lower parallel framemember,

a pluralityflof radial bottom frame members extending across the centralenlarged portion of the basket and secured to the lower parallel frame member, at diametrically opposedipoints, and also secured to each other at a common point of intersection, a handle wire extending across the basket and secured totwo diametrically opposed points on the lower parallel frame-member, and a terminals aresecured tOOPPOSltB upper and lower portions of said frame, and strands of brace at each side of said handle wire fixedly interposed between said side of the handle wire and two adjacent points on the upper parallel frame member.

In a device of the character stated, a

skeleton wire-framehaving a "central enlarged portion and rectangular extensions at diametrically opposed sides, parallel upper and lower frame members extending around and forming the outer periphery-of said basket, upright frame members. inter-connecting the two parallel frame members, a

longitudinal bottom frame member extend- "ing from end to endand secured to the lower of the parallel frame members. transverse Lbottomlfram'e members extendingacross and #secured 'to the'lower parallel frame member,

and aplurality of radialbottom frame members extending across the central enlarged ally opposed points,'-and also secured to 'each-otherat a common point of interseclion, and a handle *wireextending across the p basket'and secured to two diametrically opskeleton 'wire frame having-a central "en- "wire fixedly interposed between said side of andbrace members so assubstantially to conceal'the same and to "produce a handle of substantial thickness.

6. In a device ofxthe character stated, a

skeleton wire frame composed of-upper and lower members, a handle extending from one side of the frame to the-other and secured thereto, brace wires composed of downwardlydiverging lIIIIlJSWlIOSG upper portions engage said handle and'whose lower terminals are secured to said upper frame member, and

non-metallic strands interwoven about said handle and brace wires so as to substantially concealthe' same and to produce a handle of substantial thickness.

7. In a device of the character stated, a skeleton Wire frame composed of lower and upper frame members extending completely around the outer periphery of said skeleton frame, upright side frame. wires connecting the two parallel frame wire members, bottom wires extending across and secured to the lower of the parallel frame members, a handle'extending from one side ofs'aid skeleton frame to the other side thereof and secured to the bottom frame, brace. wires extending from said handle to the upper frame and strands, of vegetable fiber interwoven around said handle and brace wires, so as to substantially conceal the same and produce 'a' handle of substantial thickness.

8. In a device of the character stated, an elongated basket, comprising a central portion, and narrowed end extensions, composed of upper and lower Wire frames tied together by vertical andhorizontal members, a handle extending transversely of said central portion and having its lower ends secured to opposite portions of said lower frame and brace wires having downwardly diverged limbs, Whose upper ends engage said handle-and Whose lower ends engage opposite portions of said upper frame.

9. In a device ofthe character stated, an elongated basket, comprising a central widened portion, and narrowed end extensions, composed of upper and lower wire frames tied together by vertical and horizontal members, a handle extending'transversely of sa1d central port-ion and having of said lower frame, brace wires having downwardly diverged limbs, whose upper JOHN W. WALSH.

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